and just like that ...
I've got copies in hand of my new cassette, Lesslessness, published on Luke Moldof's excellent Razors and Medicine. Consider this the sister release to last year's Cortical Migrations on Digitalis Limited, recorded at roughly the same time as the Digitalis material during a muggy Boston July. Lesslessness explores a darker palette than I've utilized before, closer to the sort of harsh noise and power electronics Luke tends to curate (though, I get the impression I wasn't really being asked to submit a noise tape; oh well).
In other news, the nice folks over at Electric Temple asked me to contribute a track to their fundraising 2xCS compilation, with proceeds going to the disaster-response/relief organization ShelterBox. Being bogged down with concurrent duties, I submitted an unreleased solo guitar track from 2008. You can order the cassette edition here, or buy the digital edition here.
And speaking of concurrent duties, I spent a good part of this past winter recording guitarist and composer Glenn Jones' new record for Thrill Jockey, a portion of which already appeared on a Record Store Day 2011 split LP with The Black Twig Pickers. I'm not sure that the split is still available anywhere, but the full length record has just been mastered and should be out later this year!
After a year hiatus, we're back with four new tapes by Xela, Caroline Park, The North Sea, and M Mucci. Check the panel to the right for samples and links to the descriptions. Though it's a bit of a departure from the self-issues of the first two cassettes, I'm very excited to present to this batch of artists in the Private Chronology orbit. Copies are available here, as well as through Mimaroglu Music Sales, and digitally through Boomkat.
It's been a good year of listening; my 2010 tops are as follows, of which the archival issue of Ferrari's Ephemere on Alga Marghen ranks as my favorite, at least for the time being.
Ben Vida - Patchwork (CS, Autumn)
Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (2xLP reissue, Bombay Connection)
Danny Paul Grody - Fountain (CD, Root Strata) Eagle's Breast - Assault and Flattery (CS, Razors & Medicine)
Eli Keszler - Oxtirn (LP, ESP-Disk') Evan Parker & John Wiese - C-Section (LP, Pan)
Geoff Mullen - Bongo Closet (CS / LP, Razors & Medicine / Type)
Jack Rose & Glenn Jones - The Things We Used to Do (DVD, Strange Attractors)
Jason Lescalleet - Fantasy and Electricity (7", Kye)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Disingenuity b/w Disingenuousness (CS, Root Strata)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Losing Everything b/w Four Oscillators Reverb Nice (7", No)
Kevin Drumm - S/T (2xLP reissue, Thin Wrist)
Loren Connors and Darin Gray - The Lost Mariner (LP reissue + 7", Family Vineyard)
Luc Ferrari - Ephemere (CD, Alga Marghen)
M Mucci - Time Lost (LP, Tall House)
Max Eastley - Installation Recordings (2xCD, Paradigm)
Rene Hell & Three-Legged Race - Violin Petal {Auden} / Whipped Secrets (LP, Arbor)
Tom Hamilton - Pieces for Kohn / Formal and Informal Music (2xCD reissue, Kvist)
Also, some folks were sweet enough to mention Sensual Square on a few lists themselves :
landing at #7 on John Twells' list for Boomkat, #1 on Brad Rose's list of top cassettes starting with 'R' for Self-Titled; and Cortical Migrations on Roger Tellier-Craig's list for Root Strata.
And be sure to check out Non-Event's year-end fundraising drive and podcast, for which I recorded and submitted a chunky slice of synth/tape music.
Eli Keszler - Oxtirn (LP, ESP-Disk')
Geoff Mullen - Bongo Closet (CS / LP, Razors & Medicine / Type)
Jack Rose & Glenn Jones - The Things We Used to Do (DVD, Strange Attractors)
Jason Lescalleet - Fantasy and Electricity (7", Kye)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Disingenuity b/w Disingenuousness (CS, Root Strata)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Losing Everything b/w Four Oscillators Reverb Nice (7", No)
Kevin Drumm - S/T (2xLP reissue, Thin Wrist)
Loren Connors and Darin Gray - The Lost Mariner (LP reissue + 7", Family Vineyard)
Luc Ferrari - Ephemere (CD, Alga Marghen)
M Mucci - Time Lost (LP, Tall House)
Max Eastley - Installation Recordings (2xCD, Paradigm)
Rene Hell & Three-Legged Race - Violin Petal {Auden} / Whipped Secrets (LP, Arbor)
Tom Hamilton - Pieces for Kohn / Formal and Informal Music (2xCD reissue, Kvist)
Also, some folks were sweet enough to mention Sensual Square on a few lists themselves :
landing at #7 on John Twells' list for Boomkat, #1 on Brad Rose's list of top cassettes starting with 'R' for Self-Titled; and Cortical Migrations on Roger Tellier-Craig's list for Root Strata.
And be sure to check out Non-Event's year-end fundraising drive and podcast, for which I recorded and submitted a chunky slice of synth/tape music.
Here's a live recording of a set I played a couple of weeks ago at Cafe Fixe in Brookline. As far as the music goes, it's an untitled piece that's currently a work in progress. Instrumentation includes a Korg MS-20, cassette walkmen, and a Nagra tape machine. Thanks to Non-Event for organizing, Maks at Cafe Fixe for hosting, and Keith for recording.
Also, this thursday I'll be playing some electric guitar music at Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain, opening for Expo 70 and Keith Fullerton Whitman.
